§ 22-9-302 - Definitions. - Arkansas Statutes

22-9-302. Definitions.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Construction" means construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, alteration, painting and decorating, or major repair, where the cost of all labor and material exceeds seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000);

(2) "County" means the county where the physical work upon the public works is performed;

(3) "Department" means the Department of Labor;

(4) "Locality" means a specific county or a specific group of counties in the same geographic area of the state as determined by administrative regulation of the Department of Labor;

(5) "Maintenance work" means the repair, but not the replacement, of existing facilities when the size, type, or extent of the existing facilities is not thereby changed or increased;

(6) "Minimum prevailing wage rates" means the wages paid, generally, in the county in which the public works are being performed, to workers engaged in work of a similar character;

(7) "Public body" means the State of Arkansas or any officer, board, or commission of the state, any county, city, municipality or other political subdivision, or any of the agencies thereof;

(8) "Public works" means all works constructed for public use, whether or not done under public supervision or direction or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds, but it does not include any work done for or by any drainage, improvement, or levee district; and

(9) "Workers" means laborers, workers, and mechanics, but special rates for apprentices shall apply only when the apprentices are registered in a recognized management-labor apprenticeship training program.